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Air freight2021

Freight carried by airlines registered in the economy, in million tonne-kilometres.

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2023Latest published year: 2023
Economies with data134 / 217No observation: 83
First-ranked country or territoryUnited States46,004.65 10⁶ t·km

Top 10

10⁶ t·km · 2021
01United States
46,004.65
02China
20,961.21
03Qatar
15,861.65
04South Korea
15,370.02
06Germany
11,533.05
07Japan
10,947.02
08Türkiye
9,338.33
10Luxembourg
8,588.53

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Air freight · 2021 · 10⁶ t·km
RankCountry / territoryValue (10⁶ t·km)Year
01United States46,004.652021
02China20,961.212021
03Qatar15,861.652021
04South Korea15,370.022021
05United Arab Emirates15,300.732021
06Germany11,533.052021
07Japan10,947.022021
08Türkiye9,338.332021
09Hong Kong SAR China9,027.882021
10Luxembourg8,588.532021
11Russia5,888.422021
12Netherlands4,346.42021
13France4,107.032021
14United Kingdom4,097.092021
15Ethiopia3,716.822021
16Singapore3,666.852021
17Canada3,2402021
18Azerbaijan3,173.722021
19Belgium1,827.412021
20Colombia1,605.222021
21Brazil1,294.492021
22Chile1,2842021
23Australia1,244.762021
24Switzerland1,230.792021
25Italy1,150.692021
26Malaysia1,119.412021
27Mexico962.572021
28India907.932021
29Spain850.822021
30Indonesia772.92021
31Finland750.292021
32Israel715.592021
33Saudi Arabia678.562021
34Vietnam676.512021
35Thailand604.022021
36Egypt589.482021
37Philippines530.282021
38Bahrain523.32021
39Portugal500.442021
40Sri Lanka412.482021
41Sweden348.62021
42New Zealand317.592021
43Kenya299.592021
44Iran273.582021
45Peru258.342021
46Oman254.462021
47Poland215.012021
48Kuwait200.162021
49Panama150.332021
50Iceland1492021
51Austria125.162021
52Jordan103.322021
53Argentina88.272021
54Mauritius87.42021
55Ireland86.362021
56Bangladesh83.742021
57Pakistan75.62021
58Zambia75.192021
59Morocco58.892021
60Trinidad & Tobago58.62021
61Papua New Guinea38.192021
62Uzbekistan38.032021
63Kazakhstan31.452021
64Angola31.042021
65Ukraine28.172021
66Sudan25.812021
67Brunei23.082021
68Cuba22.322021
69Lebanon22.242021
70Bolivia20.282021
71Suriname19.492021
72Myanmar (Burma)18.362021
73Togo18.342021
74Nepal17.312021
75South Africa15.132021
76Serbia14.072021
77Libya13.562021
78Algeria12.692021
79Greece12.462021
80Afghanistan12.022021
81El Salvador11.262021
82Fiji6.42021
83Tunisia5.62021
84Tanzania4.362021
85Ecuador4.292021
86Côte d’Ivoire4.032021
87Senegal3.312021
88Nauru3.312021
89Syria3.142021
90Zimbabwe2.972021
91Malta2.752021
92Madagascar2.722021
93Mozambique2.632021
94Yemen2.482021
95Latvia2.322021
96Belarus2.262021
97Costa Rica2.172021
98Maldives1.742021
99Romania1.622021
100Nigeria1.562021
101Armenia1.352021
102Macao SAR China1.12021
103Honduras1.022021
104São Tomé & Príncipe0.972021
105Tajikistan0.952021
106Congo - Kinshasa0.952021
107Seychelles0.82021
108Niger0.762021
109Turkmenistan0.682021
110Moldova0.612021
111Czechia0.472021
112Vanuatu0.442021
113Bhutan0.362021
114Paraguay0.312021
115Mongolia0.172021
116Croatia0.152021
117Burkina Faso0.122021
118Georgia0.112021
119Venezuela0.112021
120Cyprus0.112021
121Botswana0.062021
122Bulgaria0.062021
123Marshall Islands0.052021
124Eswatini0.042021
125Montenegro0.032021
126Cameroon0.032021
127Guyana0.022021
128Cape Verde0.022021
129Kyrgyzstan02021
130North Korea02021
131Samoa02021
132Malawi02021
133Namibia02021
134Guatemala02021

How this ranking works

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No observation (83)

Albania · American Samoa · Andorra · Antigua & Barbuda · Aruba · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bermuda · Bosnia & Herzegovina · British Virgin Islands · Burundi · Cambodia · Cayman Islands · Central African Republic · Chad · Channel Islands · Comoros · Congo - Brazzaville · Curaçao · Denmark · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Estonia · Faroe Islands · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Gibraltar · Greenland · Grenada · Guam · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Haiti · Hungary · Iraq · Isle of Man · Jamaica · Kiribati · Kosovo · Laos · Lesotho · Liberia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Mali · Mauritania · Micronesia · Monaco · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · North Macedonia · Northern Mariana Islands · Norway · Palau · Palestinian Territories · Puerto Rico · Rwanda · San Marino · Sierra Leone · Sint Maarten · Slovakia · Slovenia · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Sudan · St. Kitts & Nevis · St. Lucia · St. Martin · St. Vincent & Grenadines · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Turks & Caicos Islands · Tuvalu · U.S. Virgin Islands · Uganda · Uruguay

Source & definition

Indicator definition
Freight carried by airlines registered in the economy, in million tonne-kilometres.
Unit
10⁶ t·km
Source & definition
World Bank · IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1
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Original metadata
Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.

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  "sourceNote": "Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.",
  "sourceOrganization": "Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), uri: https://data.icao.int/newdataplus/#:~:text=ICAO%20data%20is%20comprised%20of,information%20about%20commercial%20air%20carriers;\nICAO Staff estimates, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), uri: https://data.icao.int/newdataplus/#:~:text=ICAO%20data%20is%20comprised%20of,information%20about%20commercial%20air%20carriers",
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